06 March, 2011

This post covers my 15mm Ancient Spanish army (List II/39a/b/c 240-20BC in DBA). I painted it in several tranches over a number of years. The first 4 stands of scutarii were painted as part of a triple-size (aka Big Battle) DBA Later Carthaginian army in the early 2000s. Then in Summer 2008 or early 2009, I started painting 24 more scutarii. My idea was to add the Spanish to my Punic Wars collection, consisting of the already mentioned Carthaginians, a triple-size Gallic army, and a Polybian Roman army http://mirosgames.blogspot.com/2009/07/polybian-romans.html

and to be able to field 2 of the 3 Spanish sublists at once to use as allies of Carthage and/or Rome. I painted most of the base colors, lost interest in the project, and stored them in a box. Fast forward to Christmas 2010. Over the break I decided to try and complete some unfinished projects, starting with the Spanish. I quickly completed the scutarii, and then moved on to 6 stands of caetrati and 4 stands of cavalry. The last figures were completed on January 17, 2011 and they were based and flocked over the last week. The caetrati and cavalry are all Essex figures. The scutarii are a mix of Essex, Freikorps, Corvus Belli and Chariot. The original 4 stands of scutarii have been pulled off of their old bases and mixed in with the newer figures. I have some Baelaric slingers as well, but they will appear in a future post covering my Carthaginian army.